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As it turns out, this concept is completely fictional. The film was done by advertising students and submitted to Future Lions in Cannes. The students are not, in fact, working with Google—though one student with the project says that Google indicates the technique is at least theoretically possible. We've updated this post to clarify that this is only a thought experiment and not a service that's being pursued by Google.

According to a 2013 Educause study, college students feel more connected to what is being taught when they are chatting with peers and instructors during lectures, participating in real-time polls where they can see instant results, reading electronic textbooks and video conferencing live with their class.